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I do not spend any time getting into position - I just hit "Begin battle" straight away.
When I start, I move the camera towards the enemy as far as possible. I examine what order he has his troops in. For example, he might have his cavalry, soldiers, then spearmen. In that case, I would rearrange my army into spearmen, cavalry, soldiers. However, keeping my troops one-behind-the-other is usually a bad idea, so I send a couple of units round the sides to try and attack them at an angle.
I don't make reserves - If I want reinforcements, I'll keep back some units myself.
Van? What's that?
I almost never use my general in battle unless absolutely neccessary. If he dies, pretty much all my troops will run.
All my frontline troops are usually put in wedge formation (unless the enemy is bigger than them, eg. cavalry) for a hard hit at the beginning, while the units behind are in close formation to back them up by destroying all remaining troops that manage to break through the wedge.
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